Incremental theories of intelligence predict multiple document comprehension

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-20

  Braasch, Jason L G ^a,b   Bråten, Ivar ^a   Strømsø, Helge I ^a   Anmarkrud, Øistein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit theories of intelligence; Intertextual inferences; Multiple document comprehension; Source evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892993810     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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